Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 71: Rain of Ice Crystals and Golden Wind
He spoke in a low tone at the end, clearly harboring a deep-seated hatred for the Feng Family. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been willing to bring out such a rare item as the yin thunder seed.
Seeing that Gongsun Cang had taken out the "yin thunder seed," Hou Yanze felt compelled to reveal his own trump card.
He reached into his robe and pulled out a talisman made from an unknown beast skin, on which were drawn strange, crooked incantations traced with golden spiritual ink.
A smirk appeared on Hou Yanze's lips, revealing his confidence in this talisman.
"Golden Wind Dispersion Talisman!"
Liu Yu's eyes flashed as he recognized this talisman. He had seen it documented in the Scripture Vault while browsing through texts at the Yuan Yang Sect.
The Golden Wind Dispersion Technique was a second-tier high-quality gold attribute spell, requiring at least late-stage foundation establishment cultivation to cast.
Cultivators at the late stage of foundation establishment could unleash this technique using their profound cultivation and a special spell technique, slightly drawing upon the external gold attribute spiritual energy to create bone-eroding, soul-destroying golden wind. Its attack power was famously formidable among second-tier spells, reputed to leave no trace behind.
The Golden Wind Dispersion Talisman was crafted by a talisman master, sealing the second-tier high-quality "Golden Wind Dispersion Technique" into talisman paper, capable of retaining about sixty to seventy percent of the original spell's effectiveness, enough to pose a lethal threat to early foundation establishment cultivators.
Liu Yu quickly processed the information about the talisman in his mind. Both the "yin thunder seed" and "Golden Wind Dispersion Talisman" could pose a deadly threat to early foundation establishment cultivators, making them genuine means of the foundation establishment stage. In comparison, the "Mystic Bird Flame Talisman" fell short by a level or two.
Both Hou Yanze and Gongsun Cang had revealed their family's hidden cards, and at this moment, their gazes shifted towards Liu Yu, hoping he would make a move.
As an inner sect disciple of the Yuan Yang Sect and a stationed official in Cold Moon City, they would not go back on their word, but if Liu Yu did not display enough strength, the distribution of spoils would have to be "discussed" further.
It was only natural for the stronger party to receive a larger share, while the weaker party took less. The four outer sect disciples, with their average cultivation, were not worth the attention of the two; they likely had no impressive methods.
Noticing the strange looks from the two, Liu Yu smiled slightly, indifferent to their scrutiny.
He possessed the "Mystic Bird Flame Talisman" but had no intention of using it. Although this talisman was inferior to the first two, it still held a value of three to four hundred spiritual stones and was powerful enough to serve as a hidden card, not worth wasting here.
As he often said, Liu Yu's foundation was not here. Even if he couldn't wipe out the Feng Family now, he could simply walk away in a few years, while the Hou and Gongsun families could not afford such luxury.
While the two families remained unaware of the information about the "Purple Sun Grass," Liu Yu was determined to acquire it, giving him a psychological advantage.
However, he still needed to show some strength to the two families; otherwise, there would be plenty of haggling later, which would be detrimental to their actions.
In truth, all these thoughts passed through Liu Yu's mind in mere moments.
He clutched his storage bag, and a uniquely shaped blade appeared in his hand—it was the supreme magical artifact, the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade!
With advantages in cultivation level, spiritual consciousness, and magical artifacts, Liu Yu was already at the peak of the qi refinement stage, confident that he had no rivals in this region.
Based on the information gathered over the past period, he was confident he could defeat any visible experts among families and loose cultivators within five hundred miles of Cold Moon City, without fearing any covetous thoughts from others.